Building door



W. H. BEALL.

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APPLICATION vHLEU CCT. 5, 1921.

l A29 Patented Sept 19, 1922.

Patented sepsis, i922.

WARREN yn.Biiiiisraor WASHINGTON, v"nrsirnroi: erico1;ifiilflfiIA,V

niiinnING 'noonf' .A'Iviplicatonl led October 5, 1921. Serial No.505,596..

'i doors is'mounted for movements to overlie eachother withfthe door'sconstructed 'in a manner to present substantially more than one-half ofthe door opening asan ent-rance for an automobile orv other vehicle.

A further object of the invention embodies in a garage dooryconstruction, al sliding Jarrangement ot the doors with a hinged door.carriedby the inner edge of one of the doors y for overlapping thesliding vdoor carrying the saine to .present an entrance opening ateither side of the garage considerablygreater than one-halfthe distanceacross the garage *door opening. l

A still further object of the invention has particular reference Lto themounting of a hinged jainb strip' carried by t-lie'inner Iend e e ystructures forrhousing automobiles and other ofone of theg'sliding doorsthat constitutes an'abut-mentl or stop for the swinging endL of ahingeddoor carried by the innerendv of the otheij sliding door.l

v,Another ,obJe'ct of c the, invention hasl ref @ei-ence to a garagedoor ofthe type above set ,,fort-h.uighereiiifcooperating lock devicesare 1. carried bvft-he iiirier edgeotthe hingedjambfv `slt-rip andtheIsi*ingingedge,ofi-thehinged`y j# e v l a "fw'all-thei'eoi'thedoorwhen yin vopen position v oti'orniing the jainb strip `i'nwthe mannerAof The primary objectl of the invent-ion .rel sides in theprovision ot'a door for a vgarage or other buildings wherein a pairof slidingsame'consists of the novel form, combination and arrangement of part-shereinafter more fully described7 shown in the accompanying `drawing andclaimed.

' In 'the drawing, wherein like reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout tlieseveral views,

Figure lisaihorizontal sectional view of 4 the garage doors in closedposition, a p0rtion of the garage being shown in section,

Figure 2 is'` a horizontal sectional view similar to Fig.- l showing'the garage doors moved to anvv openiposition at one side of the garageVpresenting substantially more than one-halt of the 'garage door openingat one side thereof, y

Figure is a horizontal sectional view similar to'Fig. l showing yt-hegarage doors slid to the' opposite side of the garage and with the jambstrip moved outwardly of the sliding door carrying the same to permitthe ysliding overlapping arrangement of vthe opposite garage dooi` andpresenting at the opposite side oft-he garagesubstantially more thanone-half ott-hef'door opening space, Figure 4 is a horizontal sectionalview ot a modified 'forinof'garage door-whereinthe jambstrip is carriedby the hinged door;r and `Figure 5 is a perspectiveview' of the-frontend of a garage showing 'the-'hinged-jamb 'st-rip carried by oneof-thesliding doors and lwith the hinged door partiallyiopened.

i In the building "of "garages and similar vehicles, wherein fat. leasttwo vehiclesare housed within the structure, various types of doorconstructions havebeen' devisedffor* occupying 'af' space wi hinft-hevgarage" and also, when being' moved" to the* open position traversingthe interior of the garage 'at a 100` 3 angleextension carniedbyith'evfree( edge f of., thel hinged door, this e arrangeinent.` per-`Linitting the lapplication of,apadlockandV`T y, L I

sid'erablendist lli-asp upon theouter'sideof thegaragedoor.

4same 'are' 'also' moved "Within"` the garage and ifiththe above g,eneral, objects. inpview"I my' ly',andothers thatjwilllappear asthe .natureof the invent-ion is better understood, vthe occupy space within thegarage that is well adapted for shelves, work benches or the' like. i

rThe construction and arrangement of garage doors disclosed in thisapplication when moved to an open position present substantially morethan one half of the garage door opening for the entrance oi' one cai"at each side ot' the garage permitting an. automobile to enter thegarage from a comparatively narrow driveway extending at right angles tothe garage door "opening without necessitating rearward movement of theautomobile to aline the saine with the housing space in the garage.

Briefly described, the garage dooi""con struction embodies a pair ofsliding doorsI overlapping each other when one o'lE the doors is in-anopen Aposition while 'a hinged door extending the entire height of thesliding doors iscarried by the inner end of one of the sliding doors. Ahinged jarnb strip is carried by the inner end of the other sliding doorand has the free swinging edge thereof projecting inwardly of thesliding door carrying the same' and in line with theopposite slidingdoor, the inner edge oi? the l'iinged jamb strip being positioned forabutting engagement with the free swinging edge ofthe hinged door.. Stopbars are carried by the opposite faces ot the jamb strip, one ol thebars being engaged by the free edge 'of the hinged door while the otherbar engages the inner face of the sliding door carrying the jainbstripnto form a snug engagement between the jamb stripi and sliding doorwhen the jamb strip is in operative position. To hold the amb strip inclosed operative position a hook and eye" connection is establishedbetween the jamb stripI and sliding door. carrying the saine. A suitableslide bolt lock is cooperatively carried by the hinged jamb strip andthe hinged door, being manually operable from within, and key operated.lfrom the outer side of the door. In another 'form of the invention theIiamb strip forms an integral part of the hinge at right angles 'forabutting eng; gement with the cooperating sliding door and per-- mittingof the employment oi.y a hasp and padlock upon the outer side. of thegarage door.

Referring more in detail to theaccoinpanying drawing and particularly toFigs.' l to 3 and 5 there is illustrated au garage 1 having a floorspace 2 and ani entrance opening 3 extending completely across thegarage. 'j

The closure "doors lassociated with the opening 2 embo'dy transverselysliding doors 4 and 5 offset as illustrated to be moved to overlappingposition when either oic the` doors 'is open` loor'guides 6- and '7being provided for the doors lland 5 respectively.

door projecting outwardly thereof"` The width of each door issubstantially less y than one-lialt the widtlmif the garagedooi opening,leaving a central space between the inner ends ot' the sliding doors toam'oinmodate a middle door 8 Ihinged as at 5).to the inner end of thesliding door 5, the hinged door 8 moving inwardly when in an openposition as illustrated in Fig.

An abutment stop for the hinged door 8 inthe form oi' Va jamb strip 10is hinged as :it 11 to the outer corneredge of the inner end of thesliding door 4, the jamb strip 10 when in the closed position shown inFig. 1 extending inwardly ofthe sliding door 4 and across the slidingspace for the sliding door 5. To provide for a close fittingengagen'ient between the jambstructure and sliding door when the saineis in closed, po-

sition bar 12 carried vby one side l`aee eye 14 counteijsunk within theinner face ot."y

the door 4 so that no obstructions will prosliding door 5. l

The hinged door 8 is locked in a closed po sition by a sliding bolt lock15 cooperatively carried b v the inner Jface oi the hinged door 8 andtheI inner 'edge of the jamb strip 10. the bolt lock. 1.5 being=manuallyoperable Jfrom within the garage while the lock 15 is releasable atvtlieouter side o'l" the door by inserting a key in the key opening 16 asclearly shown. in F ig. 5. The door 8 is limited in its closing movement'by engaging the bar 10n carried by the outer 'Fare of thev jamb strip10, and w'lieii so engaged the' cooperating inembers ot' the slidingbolt lock 15 are properly positioned.

Inthe operationo` the doors, assuming that an automobileis to be placedwithin the space indicated by the reference character A in Fig. 2 thelock 15 is released permitting the hinged door 8 to be swung to openposition shown in Fig. 2. The jamb strip 10i is then-movedi'to laposition outwardly of the Ksliding door 4'earrying the same by releasingthe hook 13 and permittingthe sliding door to be movedto a positionover# lying the sliding door 5 as illustrated, thus presentingsubstantially more than one-half of the garage door opening for theentrance of asingle automobile at the'point A. By moving vthe jamb stiip10 outwardly as shown in Fig. 2 the inner end thereof is displaced' fromthe sliding path of movement of the' door 4- and further spaced out-Wardly of the sliding door 5. In placing an automdbile in the sgaceindicated by the reference tharacter in Fig. 3 the doors are opened in asimilar manner, the' hinged .door 8 being moved to the position Shown in.ject Jr'rom the door 4 for engagement by the Masses it catedat Frmd todisplace sliding rdoor 4 to limit the closing `A lefnt of a hasp 18 landa padi fo seenringthe doors in locked positherefore be seen that theopening movement of the hinged door 8 as shown in Fig. 4 Will permit thesliding movement of either of the sliding doors Ll or 5, movement of35,the door displacing the movement of amb 16 `)trom the path-ofmovement oi the sliding door 4f, permitting the sliding doors 4 and 5 ofthis form ot the invention to assume either of the positions as shown'inFigs. 2 40 and 3.

With a door structure as above set forth it is unnecessary to provide alocking connection between the doors and the floor 2 of the garage, thelocking connection between the sliding doors fr and 5 being at the jambsection l0 and the swinging door 8.

lVhile there are herein shown and described the preferred embodimentsofthe present invention` it is nevertheless `to be understood that minorchanges may be made therein Without departing from the spi 'it and scopeof the invention.

`What is claimed as new is l. A door construct-ion for garages and thelike comprising sliding doors so mounted as to overlie each other wheneither door is opened and spaced at their adjacent ends when the doorsare closed, a hinged door carried by the inner end of one sliding doorand adapted to be locked to the inner end of the other sliding door.

2. A door construction for garages and the like comprising sliding doorsso mounted as to overlie each other when either door is opened andspaced at their adjacent ends i sliviiing i ie* path of j mo'yjemen't v`of 'j d r o thereby perinitting"the and into' tl tllie'ldiingcd doorfand permitttheou'terside of the garage. It will.`

When the' doors are 'lds'ech a hingeddoor car- "ried vby the inner endJof one sliding door,

and a jamb strip eari'iedby the innerend yofthe other sliding doorto beengaged by the `free edge of the' hinged door.

4 3;' door construction for garagesv and the like comprising slidingdoors so'monnted as to overlie each other "when eitlier'door is openedand spaced at their adjacent ends when lthev doors are closed. a hingeddoor carried by the inner end or" one sliding door. a j'amb stripcarried by the inner end of the other sliding door to be engaged by thefree edge'oic the 'hinged door. and a lock Aconnection between thehinged .door` and jamb strip.` l

A door construction for garages'and the. like comprising' sliding doorsso mount-- ed as to overlie each other when either door is opened andspaced at their adjacent ends when the doors are closed., a hinged doorcarried by the inner end of one sliding door and a jamb hingedly carriedby the inner end of the other sliding door and traversing the slidingspace of the first namedv door, and a lock connection betweenV`thelnnged door and the jamb strip. A

e. A door 'construction for garagesand the like comprising sliding doorsso mounted as to overlie each other when either door is opened andspaced at their adjacent ends when the doors are closed, a hinged doorcarried by the inner end of one sliding door and a jamb hingedlycarriedA by the inner end of the other sliding door and traversing thesliding space ot' the rst named door, a lock connected between thehinged door and 'the jamb strip, and stop barscarried by the oppositefaces of the jamb strip for limiting the closing movement of the hingeddoor and engaging the face of the sliding door carrying the jamb striprespectively.

6. et door construction 'for garages and the like comprising slidingdoors-so mounted as to overlie each otheriwhen either door j is openedand spaced at their adjacent ends when the doors are closed, a hingeddoor carried by the inner end of one sliding door and a jamb hingedlj..Ycarried by the inner end oi the other sliding door and traversing thesliding space of the first named door, a lock connection between thehinged door .and the jamb strip. and means for holding the jamb strip inclosed position.

'l'. A door construction for garages and the like comprising slidingdoors so mounted as to overlie each other when either door is opened andspaced at their. adjacent ends when the doors are closed. a hinged door`arried by the inner end of one sliding door and a jamb hingedly carriedby the inner end of the other sliding door and traversing.

opposite faces of the jamb strip Jr'orlimiting die closing movement otthe hinged door and engaging the face oi the sliding door carrying thejamb strip respectively, and means for holding the jamb'strip in closedposition.

8. A door construction for garages and thel like. comprising doorsmounted for sliding` overlapping relation, and a perpendicular ja-mbstrip carried by one ot' kthe doors adapted to be moved into and out ofthe path oi' sliding movement oi' the doors.

Sly. A door construction for gara-ges and the like comprising doorsm-ounted for movement in overlapping relation, and a hinged jamb stripcalrl'ied. by one of the doors adapted to be removed into and out of thepath ot' movement of 'the doors.

l() A. door construction for garages and the like comprising doorsmounted for sliding overlapping relations, hinged *door carried by theinner end of one of the sliding doors, and means associated with thefree end of the hinged door and the adjacent end of the opposite slidingdoor to form an abutment Jor the hinged door and to control the movementof the slidingdoors.

11. A door construction for garages and the like comprising doorsmounted for sliding overlapping relations, a hinged door carried by theinner end of one of the sliding doors,

and movable means associated with the free end of the hinged door andthe adjacent end of the opposite sliding door to form an abutment forthe hinged door and to control the movement of the sliding doors.

1,2. In a door construction, a pair of doors,

and a jamb strip carried by one of the doors and .normally lying in thepath of movement of the other door and adapted to be shifted 'to permitfree movement of both doors.

and adapted to be swung to a position tol permit free sliding movementsof the doors. 15. In a door construction, sliding doors, and a jambstrip associated with the`f`doors and normally lying in the path ofsliding. movements of the doors and adapted to be moved to a positionlaterally of the path of sliding movement of the doors.

In testimony WherezofI allix my signature.

' I-I. BEALL.

